Russian cruiser Azov
{{Short description|1973 Kara-class missile cruiser}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Azov1988.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Soviet Union → Russia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} → {{shipboxflag|Russia|naval}} |Ship name=Azov |Ship namesake= |Ship renamed= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=61 Communards Shipyard |Ship laid down=21 July 1972 |Ship launched=14 September 1973 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=25 December 1975 |Ship decommissioned=1998 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Scrapped in 2000 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Kara|cruiser|3}} |Ship displacement=8,900 tons |Ship length={{convert|173.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|18.5|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|5.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*4 turbine-type generators GTG-12,5A x1250 kW
|Ship speed=32 knots |Ship range=9,000 miles |Ship complement=425 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles
|Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft=1 Kamov Ka-25 |Ship notes= }} |
Azov was a {{sclass2|Kara|cruiser|0}} missile cruiser of the Soviet and later Russian Navy.
History
Azov was laid down on 21 July 1972, launched on 14 September 1973 and was commissioned on 25 December 1975. The ship was stationed in the Black Sea Fleet. In 1977 the ship was modified to carry the new S-300F (SA-N-6) anti-air missile complex.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the ship became a part of the Russian Navy. There the cruiser served until 1998, when the ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 2000.
References
- [http://flot.sevastopol.info/eng/ship/largeaswdestroyers/azov.htm Sevastopol.info- Large ASW destroyer Azov]
{{Kara class cruiser}}
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Category:Ships built at Shipyard named after 61 Communards